• 229. Sir Keir Starmer – Labour (2024-)
    Dec 22 2025

    Iain Dale talks to Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator for The Times about the life and career of the UK’s current prime minister.

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    33 mins
  • 228. Napoleon III – France (1852-70)
    Dec 15 2025

    Iain Dale talks to Sir Robert Buckland about the French Emperor who failed to live up to the reputation of his namesake predecessor.

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    32 mins
  • 227. Liz Truss – 2022-22
    Dec 8 2025

    I talk to Liz Truss’s biographer, James Heale, about Britain’s 56th and shortest serving prime minister.

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    27 mins
  • 226. Simon Harris – Ireland (2024-25)
    Dec 1 2025

    In order to complete the Irish Taoiseach podcast series, Iain Dale talks to Irish Times Political Editor Pat Leahy about the 16th Irish Taoiseach, Simon Harris.

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    47 mins
  • 225. Bashar Al-Assad – Syria (2000-24)
    Nov 24 2025

    Iain Dale talks to former Conservative MP Brooks Newmark about the rule of the Syrian dictator who eventually fled to exile in Moscow. Brooks met Assad on nine occasions.

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    36 mins
  • 224. Josef Stalin - Soviet Union (1924-53)
    Nov 3 2025

    Iain Daie talks to Lewis Goodall about the life and brutal rule of the man who ruled the Soviet Union for close on three decades.

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    41 mins
  • 223. Hendrik Verwoerd - South Africa (1958-1966)
    Oct 27 2025

    Iain Dale talks to Simon marks about the Father of apartheid in South Africa.

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    39 mins
  • 222. Napoleon Bonaparte – France (1799-1814, 1815)
    Oct 20 2025

    Iain Dale talks to political historian Alex Puffette about the French Emperor who is one of the most famous dictators in world history.

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    38 mins